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HotelPlanner acquires Hotel Hotline, pushes ticket-plus-hotel packages
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HotelPlanner acquires Hotel Hotline, pushes ticket-plus-hotel packages
By Sean O'Neil | March 29, 2016
HotelPlanner, which specializes in group travel for meetings, sporting events and weddings, will acquire Hotel Hotline, a booking site that says it has served more than 1 million customers since its f... Read More
Jumio files for bankruptcy and plans to sell to Facebook cofounder
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Jumio files for bankruptcy and plans to sell to Facebook cofounder
By Sean O'Neil | March 28, 2016
Jumio, which provides identity-verification services to travel companies and other vendors, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Palo Alto-based mobile credentials technology business will cont... Read More
Hopper raises $16 million (CAN) and reports flights app strength
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Hopper raises $16 million (CAN) and reports flights app strength
By Sean O'Neil | March 28, 2016
Travel search startup Hopper has raised $16 million (CAN), in an investment round led by BDC Capital IT Venture Fund. Past investors OMERS Ventures, an investment arm of one of Canada’s largest pen... Read More
Slack adds flight search functionality via Kayak
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Slack adds flight search functionality via Kayak
By Sean O'Neil | March 25, 2016
Ten days ago we reported on how Slack, a messaging platform for internal company discussions, has begun to open itself to travel-related integrations. As we noted, Tripnary was the first to use Sla... Read More
JetBlue's VC fund invests in Flyr, the airfare forecaster
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JetBlue's VC fund invests in Flyr, the airfare forecaster
By Sean O'Neil | March 25, 2016
It was only last month that US airline JetBlue became the rare airline to set up a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, named JetBlue Technology Ventures. Today it disclosed its first investment, w... Read More
DerbySoft eyes Ice Portal, DHISCO buzzes with Bug, Rocketrip loyal to HotelsByDay, and more...
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DerbySoft eyes Ice Portal, DHISCO buzzes with Bug, Rocketrip loyal to HotelsByDay, and more...
By PhocusWire | March 24, 2016
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for March 2016. Thursday 24 March 2016: DerbySoft sees Ice Portal Customers of the DerbySoft... Read More
Darjeelin flight deal shenanigans are confusing to say the least
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Darjeelin flight deal shenanigans are confusing to say the least
By Kevin May | March 24, 2016
France-based startup Darjeelin, a self-styled "crowd-sourced online travel agency", has closed just 18 months after being bought by the Voyages Prive Group. Or, at least, this is what many would ha... Read More
Apple thinks the future of TV is apps, so where are the travel ones?
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Apple thinks the future of TV is apps, so where are the travel ones?
By Viewpoints | March 24, 2016
Last September, Apple CEO Tim Cook said: ‘We believe the future of television is apps”. NB: This is a viewpoint by Glenville Morris, director of consulting & digital insights at MTT. Much ha... Read More
Airlines - don't crowd the inbox
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Airlines - don't crowd the inbox
By Martin Cowen | March 24, 2016
Ancillary revenue guru IdeaWorks has taken a detailed look at six airlines' post-booking email marketing efforts and suggests that "simplicity can be a virtue". Last December it made one-way seat-o... Read More
After emotional obituary, Galavantier pours some life back into the Bucket
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After emotional obituary, Galavantier pours some life back into the Bucket
By Kevin May | March 23, 2016
There's something to be said for pouring your heart out online when your travel startup hits the deadpool. Bucket, we were all told via the obligatory Medium post from its founder less than a fortn... Read More
ImmFly raises $2.7 million to fly with on-board apps and entertainment
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ImmFly raises $2.7 million to fly with on-board apps and entertainment
By Kevin May | March 23, 2016
Mobile travel application and in-flight entertainment specialist ImmFly has secured a $2.7 million (Euro 2.4 million) investment round. Backing the company is Spanish private equity firm Caixa Capi... Read More
Artificial intelligence-based travel concierge - not hard to break it
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Artificial intelligence-based travel concierge - not hard to break it
By Kevin May | March 23, 2016
Trip planning startup Tripoto recently announced rather grandly that it has created the "world's first AI-based travel concierge". Online virtual assistants in the travel industry are not new by an... Read More
Expedia helps some ill children travel with virtual reality [VIDEO]
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Expedia helps some ill children travel with virtual reality [VIDEO]
By Sean O'Neil | March 23, 2016
Sadly, many young child face cancer treatments that confine them to long hospital stays. But a handful of such children at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital were able to escape briefly, thanks t... Read More
Supersonic flights are doable, says new startup Boom
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Supersonic flights are doable, says new startup Boom
By Sean O'Neil | March 23, 2016
The withdrawal from service of Concorde took place in 2003, yet dreams of supersonic flight continue to percolate. Today brings word from Boom Technology, a Y Combinator startup in Denver, that it... Read More
Keeping innovation central and the role of hackathons
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Keeping innovation central and the role of hackathons
By Viewpoints | March 23, 2016
Innovation occurs most efficiently through serendipity and need. A vexing problem sits in front of you and a random idea or a tangential conversation sparks a thought on how to approach a solution in... Read More
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